User Guide

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N/ALayernotactive
Define a suitable Routing grid and select the shape of the through-plated
holes(Viashape).
You may use the Load... and Save as.... buttons to load a different pa
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rameter set from an Autorouter control file (*.ctl) or to save the current
settingsforfurtherprojects.
You now make the settings for the individual routing steps. Click on the
correspondingtabandmakeanysettingsyoumaywant.
Autoroutersetup:SettingsfortheRoutepass
The parameters in the Layer costs, Costs and Maximum groups can be
differentforeachpass.
The Active check box specifies whether this step should be executed or
not.
Additionaloptimizationpassescanbeinsertedwiththe Add button.
Clicking on the Select button allows certain signals to be selected for
autorouting. Select these with a mouse click, or enter their names on the
command line. Then start the Autorouter with a click on the traffic-
light icon in the action toolbar. It is, alternatively, possible to enter the
signalsonthecommandlinewhiletheAUTOcommandisactive.
Examples:
VCCGND;
The signals VCC and GND are routed. The semicolon at the end of the
line starts the Autorouter immediately. It is alternatively possible to
clickonthetraffic-lighticon.
!VCCGND;
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